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TVr. DoLRS A YAS,J FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTEL17,186 NIO;AL 7N MRIGFE -.
THIHERALD
a PQUSU3D
EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING,
At Iewberry C. I.,
ITMU. 1. s I. K. 0swr, -
NRIs 48 Pe i Amud, IN CURmvxCY
OR PROVISIONS.
ramNtgireqabd invariably in advance.
*aeiag- Notioes, Faneral Invitations, Obit
swims, sad C amunncatons mabeerving private
Messae eharged as advertisments.
Skating Tried.
One of the editors of the Mil
waakee News thus gives his expe
rience of this much-talked-of a
musement:
Right beneath one of our win
dows, from morn till midnight,
we see youngsters and oldsters
twisting their legs into all con
oeiable shapes. We cannot pick
up a paper but an article on 'ska
ting' meets the eye. Everybody
says it's fun, and that's all 'every
body' knows about it, for we have
tried it. Last night, about gas
light, after reading a glowing de
iption of life on skates, we pre
aiyd for our first attempt, and
Hiidorth to join the merry
'b ra.E We had on a pair of sto
SE.noots trowser-legs tucked in
. ,i a Robert-tailed coat, and
white bat. We went down on
-theie, and gave a boy a fifty
east 'shinplaster' for the use of
uis i1ements. We have confi
Dome as great as Peter's
6e; We,with the as&istance of
*sa.$_zed on the skates and
ecest as a barber's pole.
L rtimuraged at the.sight of some
oa the. bridge looking at
we struck out. A
a tiie right with the right
slaat to the left with the
If-ot, and just then we saw
iiething on the ice, and stooped
l'to pick it up. On our feet
. p-4Wo slants to the right
to the left, ac
ceompanied with a loss of confi
.me,. Another stride with the
sIght hot, and we seat down with
"ar rapidity, with very little,
tay elegance I What a set
iopaIt was--for we made a dent
ajI iee not unlike a Connecti
e6bster bowl! Just then one
%bladies remarked, 'Oh, look,
ai that feller with the white
in't got his skates on the
dgh& piace 1' Ditto, thought we.
est then a ra~g little imp'sang
.t.as be passed us, 'Hello, old
'ber4egs!l' And we rose sud
Aem~ and put after him. Three
- ~~eto te right two to the left,
- idway went our legs-ne to
1 ~east, and the other to the
V sn,ainig another picture of a
h=at.r-tray in the cold ice ! Just
ag friend came along, and of.
tored his coat-tail as a 'steadier.'
.Meaccepted the continuation of
hi-garment, and up the river we
-Neut ab6ut ten rods, when a shy
Moraight by the leader caused us,
- BUebeel-horse, to sho off on a
seg.teels up! But the ice is
s.W~w~I4this season.
eAWied it again. A glide one
RIUe and ahalf the other,
-aawhabk' came our bump of
*~jtonitiveness. on the ice,
sai me saw a million of stars dan
nround our eyes like a troupe
.eb~allet girls at the Bowery The
Hks.fow that shock went
Jagbour system, and up and
46% our-spinal column ! Light
'ing eQRld't have corkscrewed
it down a greased sapling with
*reater speed or more exhilarating
effeet. Boarding-house butter nor
. uwwraranty deed could not have
. stronger than we did-and
- goq. ladies looking at us.
a1o we got urp, and made an
cher- ti-iul, with better success.
* ~l.pa we had skated, in our
~,~Clia?style, fifteen feet, when a
h adeing chap came up behind,
a s4,emt'down, with our tired
liq~u4ed in his lap; and he
- w9re at its, when it was all his
own fault. '#ow cold the ice was
ther too Eery spot.where we
ma4e a debut on the ice-oh, how,
cold it was ! We tried again, for
the papers all say it's fun, and
down came our Roman -Grecian
nose on the cold julep material,
and the little drops ran down our
shirt bosom, and on the cold ice.
Once more we tried skating, made
for the shore, sat down and coun
ted damages.
Fifty cents out. Seven lateral
and one 'fronternal' bumps on the
ice ; one rupture in the knee, ex
tending to the bone ; four buttons
from our vest ; a 'fragmented'
watch crystal, and the back-ache
big enough to divide among the
children of Israel. If you catch
us on the smooth, glassy, chilly
freezing, treacherous, deceitful,
slippery, slip-uppery ice again,
you'll know it. If any one hears
of our skating again, they will
please draw on us at sight for the
bi-valves and accompanying docu
ments. We have got through
skating. It's a humbug. It's a
vexation of spirit, of business, of
flesh, and tearer of trowsers. It's
a head-bumping, back-aching, leg
wearing, dangerous institution;
and we warn people against ska
ting. We have tried it, and
shan't be able to walk for a month.
Skating clubs are a humbug; and
all the rascally youngsters wish to
get the ladies at it, that they may
may see if they, too, don't say
'the ice is very cold!' It's no
thing to us ; but the ladies will do
well to let skates alone, unless
they are younger and more elastic
than we are. Oh, how cold the
ice is! We can feel it yet!
A WELL MERITED COMPLIMENT.
TO A CHARLESTON MECHANIc.-The
Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, pays
the following deserved tribute to
Charleston mechanical skill:
We saw yesterday a sample of
Moina Cotton, ginned upon Hen
erey's improved McCarthy Gin,
whieb, in.length and silkiness of
fibre, appeared almost equal to the
fine Sea Islands of the coast. We
learned from Mr. Echols, who has
just returned from Charleston, that
he has procured for his own use,
one of these gins, and that from
experiments conducted under his
own eye while there, he is satis
fied that with the use of this gin,
his cotton will be increased in value
from twenty-five to fifty per cent.
With the power of two horses,
the gin will elean from four hun.
dred and fifty, to five hundred
pounds of lint a day, and costs in
Charleston, one hundred and ten
dollars.
We had submitted to our inspec
tion also a package of the seed as
they came from the gin and we
found them moderately well freed
frorp the lint. With some slight
improvements suggested by Mr.
E., he thinks that the seed can be
as thoroughly cleaned of lint by
this gin, as the common saw gin
now in use.
Those farmers who have raised
the Moina Cotton this year, will
best consult their interests by
giving this improved roller gin a
trial.
The gin referred to, is from the
foundry of our fellow-citizen, Hon.
William S. Henerey, and has of
late come into very wide and ex
tensive use.-Chprle8ton Courier.
The general.reader will be glad
to learn that a protective against
insects has been discovered by
Jager. He says that a tincture
prepared by maeerating one part
of Pyrethrum rosin in four parts
ofdiluted alcohol, and then thin
ned with ten par!ts of water and
applied to the skin, will protect
one at least twelve hours from
Eies, mosquitoes, ants and other
i-sects.-Chaarleston ews8.
A female paraded the streets of
Lafayete, th~e other day, exhibi
ting above a pair of stout ancdes, a
skirt upon which the indelible
brand of the miller was still visible,
"ninety-six pounds, extra super
Affairs in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-An ap
plication was made in the Supreme
Court for writs of habeas corpus,
for the Tortugas prisoners. The
Court took no action.
At 1 o'clock the Senators, arm
in-arm, came to the House. Wade
took the Chair, and Colfax was
seated near him. Senator Conk
ling and Representatives Wilson,
of Iowa, and Prim, acting as tel
lers. Prim read the Democratic
votes; Conkling and Wilson alter
nated, reading the Republican
vote. All went smoothly until
Louisiana was reached, when Will
iams, of Tennessee, objected-de
claring no valid election was held.
The joint session separated, and
the House voted 126 to 67 to count
Louisiana. The Senate, after a
severe struggle to draw in extrane
ous matters, voted to count Louisi
ana. Both Houses again met and
proceeded with the count till
Georgia was reached, when Butler
objected, because the Georgia Col
lege had not voted on the proper
day, and for other reasons. Much
confusion ensued, which Wade
ended by ordering the Senate to
its own chamber. The House
then voted 150 to 40 for Georgia,
not to be counted. The Senate
after a most perplexing and laugh
able struggle, declared that in the
face of the concurrent resolution,
concerning Georgia, the objection
in the joint session was out of or.
der. Both Houses again met,
when Wade ordered Georgia to be
read as directed by the concur
rent. resolution. Butler objected.
Wade would hear .no objectom
Butler appealed from Wade's de
cision, but Wade would allow no
appeal and ordered the count to
precced. Butler then moved that
the Senate have permission to re
tire, and insisted that they should
control their own hall ; ruled out
of order. Amid the most intense
excitement Wade ordered the count
to proceed. Conkling commenced
reading'the resu;t but his voice
was drowned by cries of order.
At this time the noise became
deafening, when Speaker Colfax
sprang to the desk proclaiming
that the Vice-President must be
obeyed in joint session, and or
dered the Sergeant-at-Arms to
arrest the disorderly persons.
Colfax was ordering and appeal
ing probably two minutes, during
which time the Sergeant-at-Arms
had distributed his men all thorugh
the House before, partial order
ould be restored. The reading of
the result and the proclamation
followed, when both Houses sepa
rated. The Senate immediately
adjourned.
QuUY AND ANswER.-A writer
in the Philadelphia North Ameri
can, relates the following :
The late Charles Fleason, who
was a judge formerly in the Court
of Common Pleas, and afterward
a judge of the Supreme Court, was
presiding at a trial of an eject
menit, and John B-- was one
of the jury. This gentleman had
been a justic'e of the pea.e, aind
also gave advice, as a sort of a
busy lawyer-, and thereby contri
bted largely to the litigation of
the county. He, it seems, had
been engaged by the defendant,
and had told him that there was
no doubt but that the result,
would be favorable. The judge,
owever, in charging the jury,
laid down the law entirely in fa
or of the plaintiff, whereupon
ohn B.--, in the pride of opin
on, jumping up, exolaimed: "But
udge, quere as to the law," "Si
ence, sir." said the Judge, "you
re a fool, and of that, at best,
here is no quere." This double
udicial decision ended forever
ohn's influence in the county
is occupation was gone."
Seventeen Mississippi towns are
reparing to build cotton facto- 1
The Funeral of Governor
Pickens.
The funeral of this distinguish
ed citizen and statesman-so pe
culiarly honored and beloved in
this, his home-took place on
Wednesday last. During the
Tuesday preceding, the body, ar
rayed in the splendid uniform
which he wore as Chief Magis
trate of Carolina, in her day of
hope and pride, lay in state at
Edgewood, whose walls were rich
ly and appropriately draped in
mourning ; and friend after friend,
and citizen after citizen, went to
look, for the last time, upon the
noble and revered dead.
On Wednesday, our town and
District poured forth their inhab.
itants to do honor to the sad oc
casion. So much so, that not only
wa}s the Churoh crowded to its
utmost capa;ity, but even the
church-yard and area in front
were thronged with sorrowful
friends and fellow-citizens, all
anxious to show their deep appre
ciation of the departed patriot
Carolina's t r i e, incorruptible,
faithful son. The male citizens,
with the .teachers and pupils of
the several 'schools, formed in pro
cession, and received, uncovered,
the funeral cortege upon the pub
lie square. Moving from thence
to Trinity Church, the procession
was met by Rev. E. T. Walker,
officiating clergyman ; and as he
read the introductory sentences
of the sublime burial service of
the Episcopal Church, the grand,
solemn strains of Beethoven's
funeral marQh, Sulla morte d'un
eros, res ia4 through the..sa
cred edifice, mingling its moans
with the bitter plaint of 'human
woe.
So muoh of the service as is ap
pointed for the Churcn being over,
the vast congregation sang, with
one accord and deep feeling, that
hymn of comfort and assurance,
"How firm a foundation, ye saints
of the Lord ;" after which, the
pall-bearers, numbering sixteen of
our most promising citizens, passed
down the aisle,' bearing to the
grave the illustrious d.ead, while
the organ sobbed out its low Mi
eere, and the mourning concourse
slowly followed.
After the con clusion of the ser
vices of the Church, the coffin,
covered with evergreens and flow
ers, was lowered, and our unhappy
Stat'e received into her bosom all
that remained of the great, the
t~rue, the loyal heart, that had
loved and served her with a devo
tion even beyond the sacred pur
ity of Roman patriotism.
[Edgefteld Advertiser.
GOOD RULE OF CONDUCT.-The
rule of conduct followed by Lord
Irskine-a inan of sterling inde
pendence of principle and scrupu
os adherence to truth-is wor
hy of being engraved on every
oung man's heart. "It was the
first command and counsel of my
sarliest youth," he said, "always
o do what my conscience told
e to be a duty, and to leave the
onsequence to God, I shall carry
ith me the mnemory, and I trust,
he practice, of this parental les
on to the grave. . I have hitherto
ollowed it, and I have no reason
o complain that my obedience to
t has been a temporal sacrifice.
have found it on the contrary,
bhe road to prosperity and wealth,
nd I shall point out the path to
ny children for their pursuit." And
here can be no doubt, after all,
.hat the only safe rule of conduct
s to follovi implicity the guidance
fan enlightened conscience. No
~hing is safer than right-doing,
bnd whoever violates his con
science, and parts with his hon'
~sty ai purity at any price, will
d that he has raade a wretched
argain, no raatter how savory
is "mess of pottage" has been, or
ow large the wages of unright
anness which he has rani,end.
Ritualistic Troubles in Eng- I '
land.
li
On Christmas Eve a midnight c
celebration was held at St. James',
Brighton, England. The church
was partly filled by a respectable
auditory., the building itself pro- $
fusely decorated with laurels, a
holly and flowers, many large t
crosses being formed by the same.
The altar was decorated with
flowers, and on a side-table was
the usual light burning, but on
this occasion surmounted by a o
carved.figure of the Infant Saviour. r
The usual display of embroidered tl
dresses, &c., was exhibited by the
officiating priests and choristers,
The proceedings commenced with
the imposing procession, during t
which and throughout the entire
service incense was freely scat,
tered about. In fact, notwith
standing the recent decision of
the privy council, lights, incense
bowings, &c., were upon the usual
excessive scale. Many slightly
suppressed sounds of discontent
were heard throughout- the ser
vice, -both within and without the
building, but at the commence
ment of the offertory sentences a a
man at last cried out ; "It is per
fect bosh ; I say perfect rubbish." c
Immediately some of the vergers,
with their oaken staves, rushed n
to the pew in which he was sit- d
ting; the priests looked agast, n
and the choristers and the congre
gation seemed terror-stricken as P
the gentleman proeeded to say, t
when efforts were made to expel 1
him, "I expected this; I am not t
afraid to repeat my words ; it is C
perfect rubbish ; leave me alone ; a
I will go away without help." g
The vergers again attempted to d
take hold of him, when he again c
said, "It is perfect rubbish; I S
came here to worship God accor- K
ding to the tenets of the Church ti
of England, not of the Church of a
Rome ! This is all mockery and e
rubbish, Mr. Purchas." The last p
words he uttered while crossing &
the church and nearing the altar. a
On reaching the first (inner) doors ti
of the building, two or three over- E
earnest vergers rather pushed
him into the outer lobby and si
thence into the street. The ser- p
vice was then resumed, though I
the voice of the officiator was
very tremulous, and sidelong
glances were taken by those in F
the choir at every murmuring C
sound from without. Many per- r4
Aons immediately left the build- 1
ing ; some ten or a dozen only re- C
maining to partake of the Holy '
Communion, in the celebration of e'
which excessive bowings, light- ]
ings and incensings were most C
freely indulged in. The congre
gation separated about one o'clock, u'
but owing to a detachment of po-t
ic~e that were statioued without,
the erowd offered no personal vio
lence to them as they dispersed. 0
How TO RETAIN YoUTH.-It is a
a matter of no little concern t
among men-and women, too-to ti
preserve the bloom and freshness h4
of their youth. Cosmeties, plum.- al
pers, and the whole offspring of
artifice and deception are resorted i
to, in the effort to stay the fur- tu
rowing ploughshare of time. Ex
ternal appliances cannot reach or B
rejuvenatethe decaying spirits of di
the man or woman who wilfully ia
and maliciously perpetrates a glar
ing wrong upon a fellow creature. u~
Something must be done to quick- h
en the vitality ofthe "inner man," e
if you would preserve the ruddy in
glow of heg1th and rotund form of vi
youth. An easy conscieice is the aL
all potent remedy for thiat elasti- ad
city of [spirit whiph~ gives color ti(
and beauty to the humau face, and
activity and energy to the physi
cal body.. Hear an old man sing: cei
Pe
They tell me I am handsome yet de
And all the ladies say faa
"Do look at him! the dear old ma alh
Grows younger every day." . arr
Asid when each friend asks, "At yo'g ag ma
How came you free from ills?"
I alwaase:" nm oul
'e Punishment of Silence.
Mr. James Greenwood has pub
shed in London a frightful ac
nunt of the silent system, which
in operation at the Holloway
[odel Prison in London.
It is an offence for a prisoner to
peak one word, and he is never
ddressed except in whispers, so
bat he may be in the prison for
wo years without hearing the
atural sound of a human voice.
'he effect of this is so terrible on
3e mind that prisoners will speak
at in desperation, and at the
isk of any punishment, rather
an endure that horrible silence.
The prisoners never see one
nother, but remain in perpetual
)litude. One poor wretch, driven
desperation by nine months'
)litude and silcnce, recklessly
roke out in Mr. Greenwood's pres
nee, in these words : Tor God's
ike, Governor, put me in another
all ! Put me somewhere else ! I
ave counted the bricks in the
.il I am in till my eyes ache!'
The request of the tortured
'retch was refused.
There is a fine hole in each cell,
ad as the wardens wear shoes of
ndia rubber soles, the prisoner
in never be sure he is is alone.
Those condemned to tie tread
ill have to ascend twelve hun
red steps every alternate twenty
inutes for six hours. And this
i a place so hot and close that
risoners often lose in perspiration
Lree stone in as many months.
ivery day the prisoners are taken
) a chapel so arranged that they
in see no one save the chaplain,
ad him only through an iron
rating. And this is the order of
evotion observed. 'Wardens are
)nstantly on the watch, lest for a
ngle instaut they through the
hole of the service, depart from
e rigid rule, 'eyes right.' They
iust look steadfastly at the preach
; must raise and lower their
rayerbook with their elbows
inared and all at once, like s.ldiers
t drill. They may not scrape
heir feet with out haviug after
,ard to explain the movement.
'hey may scarcely wing an eye, or
gn, without danger of rebuke or
nishment. God help the poor
retches.
TEsTIMONIAL TOA R A IL R OAD
RESIDENT.-We learn from the
harleston Courier, that at the
igular quarterly meeting of the
oard of Directors of the South
arolina Railroad Company, held
Sthe City of Charleston, on the
rening of the 20th instant, L. .
eSaussure, Esq., pre.iiding as
hairman pro tern., the following
reamble and Resolutions were
sanimously adopted, and ordered
be engrossed as a part of the
innutes of the meeting:
WHEREAS, At the termination
the late war, the property of
e Company was in a ruinous
ndition-its Treasury was empty,
d its finances disordered ; and
WHEREAS, The Board of Diree
rs will now have the satisfac
>n of submitting to the Stock
>lders at the approaching Annu
Convention, an accourit of tireir
operty, highly satisfactory as
its present condition, and equal
promising in respect of its fu
re psospects,
Resolved, unanimously, That the
ard regard this improvement as
ie chiefly to the able administra
n of the President,-Mr. Will
r J. Magrath.
Resolved, That they take pleas
e in expressing their sense 6f
zelous 4evotion to the inter
t of this Company during the
g period of twenty-three years,
which he has been in its ser
e, and of the eminent ability
d success with which he has
ministered its affairs since he
ts elevated to the honorable posi
n of President.
A GoQO 0O.D AGE.-The oldest person
tainly in Florida Or in the South,died in
nsacola, Fla., on the 29th ult. Tb.
eaed was a colored Baptist Preacher
uiliarly known as "Uncle Jacob" and
rough his age cannot be accurately
ived at, old citizens of the place by
king calculations have agreed that his I
Scould bp but little short of one
dred Ramd twenty years.--Courier. r
VICKsBURG AND CHARLESTON.
Just think of it (say the Vicks.
burg, Miss., Times of the 28th ul
timo), the one mighty city situa
ted away East, washed by the silt
waters of the great Atlantic, and
the other historic, brave little Vies.
burg-resting on the banks of; (as
Mr. Calhoun called it), "that great
inland sea," connected with one
another, linked together by one
long line of railroad, over wbich
the iron horse speeds his way on
an unbroken road, and in almost
as many hours as it formerly
would have taken- weeks.
Yesterday we had the pleasure
of meeting in the most completely
arranged, elegant and sumptuous
car that we ever saw, H. T. Peake,
Esq., General Superintendent of
the South Carolina Railroad, the
Eastern terminus of the Palmetto
line, Captain "Jim" Meredith (and
a merry "Jim" he is), train diF.
pttcher at Augusta; Thomas Rig
by, Vice-Presiderit, and Colonel
E. F. Raworth, General Superin
tendent, and Capt. tko. D. Law
rence, Master of Transportation
Vicksburg and Merid'an Railroad,
who met, together with our friends
of the Iterald; to break a bottle
oier the subeess of this important
and lengthy line.
he completion of this line of
railroads is well deserving of re
joicing. It puts us within less
than seven days freight connec.
tion with New York, and places
us at hand-shaking distance with
all the large markets of the East.
it gives us transportation for our
cotton direct with all Eastern and
foreign markets. -
Vicksburg aspires to a- rivalsbip
with the Cresent City, and to her
railroad communieations she must
look for the means to build her up,
and we view the completioll of
the great Palmetto line as a long
stride in the work.
DEEP PLOUGHING.-We bive al
luded to the propriety of Oti far
mers trying the experimet of
deep ploughing and deep 5eeding
of wheat. Many of our fMimera
have controverted this thdi, a
serting that wheat did fndt'ftqGife
it. We are led to sl1udd to tse
subject again by a repolt of ond
experiment made the present s6d
on by a farmer in Coln County,
who is a practical man. Last Fall
he broke a piee 61 ground and
harrowed in his wheat; he thea
turned in another pieee of wheat
with a sinvgle huiFse plough, and
the third pie' he gki66ghed thq
seed in with two horises, just as
deep as he could put it in... On the
first field there is no wheat now to
be seen ; on the second there is
about orie third of stand ; and on
the last, the wheat thoroughly
matted, and without any accident
will make an excllent crop. It
is proper tosay that the grasshop
pers injured the first field, but it
is the opinion of the owner that
it ws' fiS cold weather that de
sti oyed it. It is also proper for
us to further add that the last
piece of wiheat named above, has
a full Northern exposure, and if
any should have been burt by the
cold weather, it should have been
this. ,His theory is, that deop
pl&ogeing and deep seeding ny
the best preventives, both agaia$
insects and freezing weathe,
arrd it is our opinion too.-,
Dtilas Herald.
FA AND DISGHACEEUIL OCCUmBNC
A GRANIrBVn,.E.-Near Granktergie,
mn Saturday night, ten days ago, while
n assembled corppany were -enjoyji
hemselVss, at a ball, certali-1ma le
~he room and, for causes unk,oiw-n, 1e
~an firing promiscuously into the comps
y. B3efore the affray ended, Mr. Ed.
)inkinw was shot through the bowehag
it is thought be will die) and Mr.. John
rescot, through the shoulder. The
~erpetrators of this unheard of atrocity
re still at large having defied all: et
empts at capture.
[Edgefield Advertiuen
LIEUTENANT BRAINE NOT PARDONED.
he Washington correspondent of the
le w York World says: "The paragraph
~oing the rounds that Captain J. C.
raine, ex-Confederate Navy Captain,
as been pardoned is untrue. He is
till in prison. The President has dggg
athijn= with the ae.a"